Pamphlets

The RCSI collection of over six thousand pamphlets is particularly strong on local eighteenth and nineteenth century issues.

A large component of the collection consists of reprints of journal articles by Irish medics, particularly those associated with the RCSI, or else articles by notable physicians and surgeons inscribed by the author to a member of the RCSI or its library.

The collection includes articles, discussions and papers by various members of the medical profession through the centuries. A project is underway to catalogue the pamphlet collection and make it available online with each pamphlet being accompanied by an image of it's title page.

During the cataloguing process a wealth of previously unseen pamphlets have been recorded and can now be consulted by researchers. They include

An essay on crookedness, or distortions of the spine; showing the insufficiency of a variety of modes made use of for relief in these cases....Accompanied by a handwritten letter by John Hunter with comments on Jones' methodology 1788 (RCSI/Pamp/185g) by Philip Jones